Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 999 · 40 questions

Tip (Show, don’t pad): Include: contact details (mobile, email, city), education and marks, skills, projects, activities and clubs, awards, languages, volunteer work. Leave out: bank details, your Aadhaar number, passwords, party selfies, other people’s marks, long life stories and anything made up. One page, one plain font; be ready to explain every line with a short example.

1. 1.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) debate club secretary
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
4. 4.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
5. 5.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
10. 10.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
11. 11.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
25. 25.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your passwords
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) B.Com first year (d) an email ID
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
30. 30.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) eco club member (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) basic HTML and CSS
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
35. 35.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
38. 38.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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